1000 years of Thang Long

Deputy PM hails Thang Long-Hanoi millennium celebration

The successful organisation of activities to mark Thang Long-Hanoi’s
1,000 th birthday in 2010 helped improve the position and prestige of
the capital city and the country as well, deputy Prime Minister Nguyen
Sinh Hung has said.

At a review meeting held by the National Steering Committee for the
1,000 th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi in Ha Noi on Jan. 5, the
deputy PM said that celebrations matched the significance of the
anniversary and were able to highlight country’s heroic spirit and the
city’s thousand-year-old culture.

He also spoke highly of the
involvement of relevant ministries and branches, the Vietnam Fatherland
Front and its chapters, all 63 provinces and cities nationwide,
Vietnamese embassies overseas and embassies of foreign countries in
Vietnam , which contributed to the success of the celebration.

The consensus of the nation as a whole and their love to Hanoi were
major factors leading to the success of the celebration, Hung stressed.

On the occasion, he also asked the Party Central Committee’s
Information and Education Commission, the Ministry of Culture, Sports
and Tourism and Hanoi authorities to collect intangible cultural
heritages on Hanoi ./.